Page 49 - Koi Net - On-Line Koi Magazine - Issue 94

This oval raised pond is
nicely finished with beige
stone capping slabs and the
rush screen along the sides
of the pond, with ornaments
neatly placed created a
distinctive oriental theme.

JAPANESE

STEPPING
STONES
TASTEFULLY

GUIDED US
TO THEIR This was an oval raised pond built with hollow concrete
GARDEN blocks filled with concrete and rebar reinforcing then
rendered and fibreglassed. Above ground the brickwork
was finished with beige stone capping slabs cut to fit
the shape of the pond. The pond is 6 feet deep and has
a capacity of 4,620 gallons, including the filters, above
was a wooden pergola with shading.
The pond had two 4 inch bottom drains feeding two
Titan 3000 filters, the bottom 1/3rd of each filter was
vortex settlement, the top 2/3rds was aerated Japanese
matting. This filter was situated adjacent to the pond
and was neatly hidden and covered, then gravity fed a
short distance to a shed where an Ecobead 60 delivers
water via a 55 watt UV to the top of the shower, which
delivered water back to the pond. A second air pump is
also used in summer to aerate the pond. A PondXpert
Variflow 20000 pump supplies the shower, and a
PondXpert Variflow 3000 supplies the pond.
All too soon it was time to leave to visit our next pond
which belonged to John and Sue Eames at Corringham.
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